Bulletproof vest

ABSTRACT

A bulletproof vest which is adapted to the body and which comprises a part which can be adapted to the front side of the body and a back part which can be adapted to the back side of the body and both parts comprise several pieces of protective sheets ( 1 - 4 ); ( 6, 7 ) with the help of which the areas of the body which are to be protected, are covered. Said adjacent pieces of protective sheets are joined next to each other with a butt connection so that a butt connection hinge is at a diagonal angle preferably at an angle of 30-60° and an overlapping, protective skirting ( 5 ) belongs to the outer side of the butt connection hinge and is thinner than the actual protective sheets.

The invention relates to a bulletproof vest which is adapted to the bodycomprising a part which can be adapted to the front side of the body andthe back part which can be adapted to the back side of the body and bothparts comprise several pieces of protective sheets with which areas ofthe body, which are to be protected, are covered.

Previously is known a bulletproof vest which is manufactured fromseveral, hard, ballistic protective sheets in order to be adapted to theshape the body comprising a front part and a back part, Separate sheetsare joined partly overlapping on top of the other sheets like fishscales whereupon the hinges between the sheets will be covered.

The disadvantage of the bulletproof vest panel described above is thefact that because of the scale like construction the body will sometimesbe protected by a single sheet area and sometimes by a double sheet areaif the thickness of the sheets stays the same. If, on the other hand,the thickness of the sheets is made variable in a way that thinnedsheets will belong to the overlapping sections, the solution will bevery hard to implement.

A protective panel, which is formed to the shape of the body withouthinges and has integrated parts, like integrated front and back parts,is also known. A protective panel like that only suits for use inbulletproof vests of people of certain size because of its standardform.

In order to avoid these disadvantages a new front and back panel, whichis adapted to the body, consisting of adjacent protective sheets isdeveloped and a bulletproof vest is formed of them with the help ofwhich an essential improvement is achieved in relation to the previoussolutions. Characteristic for the bulletproof vest according to theinvention is the fact that said adjacent pieces of protective sheets arejoined next to each other with a butt connection in a way that a buttconnection hinge is preferably at the angle of 30-60° when it is at adiagonal angle and that an overlapping protective skirting belongs tothe outside of the butt connection hinge the thickness of which isthinner than the actual protective sheets.

The advantage of the bulletproof vest according to the invention is thefact that front and back panels which are formed of its separate partsof sheet can easily be formed according to different shapes of bodies,the hinges between the protective sheets are equal in relation to theirprotectiveness with the other areas of the panel and there will not bevery much thickening at the hinge areas in relation to the thickness ofthe other areas. The solution is easy to implement with the help ofactual protective sheets of uniform thickness.

In the following the invention will be described more detailed byreferring to the accompanying drawing in which

FIG. 1 shows the front part of the bullet proof sheet according to theinvention as a front view.

FIG. 2 shows the front part seen from above.

FIG. 3 shows the back part seen from the outside.

FIG. 4 shows the back part seen from above.

A front panel which is formed of separate protective sheets of thebulletproof vest according to the invention which have been pressed intotheir form is shown in the FIG. 1. In order to achieve the formation ofthe panel to the shape of the body, sheets 3 and 4 are joined to thesides for extension to the sheet 2 which is in the middle of the of thebody. In addition to that a sheet 1 has been joined to the upper edge.The sheets 2, 3 and 4 are next to each other with the butt connection.The butt connection is shown in the FIG. 2 and it has an angle of 45° inrelation to the direction of the sheets. The deviation angle of the buttjoint is advantageously 30-60°. In addition to that by connections havebeen covered with a protective skirting 5 by installing skirtings tohinges outside the panel. The thickness of the skirtings 5 is about halfof the thickness of the sheets 1-4. With the help of the solution hingeareas become equal as regards the protection with the other areas in thepanel. Due to the diagonal butt joint, the fragmentation tendency of thehinge area diminishes and there will be no open gap between the sheets.

A panel which is meant for the back side of the body is shown in theFIGS. 3 and 4 where a lesser amount of separate sheets 7, which arepressed into their form as regards the formation, is enough in additionto the sheet 6 of the central part.

Only the parts of the panel of the front and the back side which can beformed and can be used inside the bullet proof vest are shown in thefigures. The pats of the panel are additionally covered with an externalprotective covering fabric, fabrics and/or plastic coverings which aremade in a form of a panel so that parts of the sheet and hinge skirtings5 stay in place when they move in relation to the central part 2 or 6.

1. A bulletproof vest which is adapted to the body and which comprises apart which can be adapted to the front side of the body and a back partwhich can be adapted to the back side of the body and both partscomprise several pieces of protective sheets (1-4), (6,7) with the helpof which the areas of the body which are to be protected, are covered,characterized in that said adjacent pieces of protective sheets arejoined next to each other with a butt connection so that a buttconnection hinge is at a diagonal angle preferably at an angle of 30-60°and an overlapping, protective skirting (5) belongs to the outer side ofthe butt connection hinge and is thinner than the actual protectivesheets.
 2. The bullet proof vest according to the claim 1, characterizedin that the diagonal angle of the butt connection hinge is approximately45°.
 3. The bulletproof vest according to the claim 1, characterized inthat that the thickness of the protective skirting (5) is approximatelyhalf of the actual thickness of the protective sheet.
 4. A bullet proofvest according to the claim 1, characterized in that the protectivesheets (1-4), (6, 7) are pieces of a sheet which are pressed into theirform.